A Pleistocene clone of Palmer's oak persisting in Southern California.

A Pleistocene clone of Palmer's oak persisting in Southern California.

BACKGROUND: The distribution of Palmer's oak (Quercus palmeri Engelm.) includes numerous isolated populations that are presumably relicts of a formerly larger range that has contracted due to spreading aridity following the end of the Pleistocene. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We investigated a recently...

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Main Authors: Michael R May, Mitchell C Provance, Andrew C Sanders, Norman C Ellstrand, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2796394?pdf=render

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